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detestate

/dɪˈtɛsteɪt/

detestate verb: to detest.

Verb

detestate (third-person singular simple present detestates, present participle detestating, simple past and past participle detestated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To detest.
    • This worlde, whiche as a mortall enemy the doctrine of the Ghospel dooeth detestate and abhorre.1549, Erasmus, “(please specify the book of the Bible, or other title)”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall; et al.], transl., The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […]...

Forms of detestate

third-person singular presentdetestates
present participledetestating
past participledetestated
pastdetestated

Questions about detestate

What does detestate mean?
Detestate means to detest.
What part of speech is detestate?
Detestate is a verb.
How do you pronounce detestate?
Detestate is pronounced /dɪˈtɛsteɪt/.
What is the past tense of detestate?
The past tense of detestate is detestated.

Words near detestate in the dictionary

  1. detest
  2. detestability
  3. detestable
  4. detestableness
  5. detestably
  6. detestate
  7. detestates
  8. detestation
  9. detestations
  10. detested
  11. detester

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